![]() If the same student enrolls again in a watchmaking program after 2 years they are not disqualified from applying to HSNY for additional scholarships.įor example, if a student is enrolled in a 2 year program consisting of 8 quarters, and is awarded a scholarship after 4 quarters of enrollment, the initial dispersement would be 50% of their total award. If said student does not re-enroll in a watchmaking program within 2 years the balance of the award is forfeited. If said student does re-enroll in a watchmaking program within 2 years, their scholarship disbursements will restart. If a student leaves the program before completion disbursements will be paused. Additional funds will be disbursed at the beginning of each quarter/semester/section, in proportion to how much of the program that quarter/semester/section represents. Scholarships will be disbursed based on the proportion of the recognized educational program the student has completed. The Grace Fryer Scholarship for Women Watchmaking Students is made possible by a generous donation from an anonymous donor. The application period is January 1 to March 1 of every year. A resume is required, and reference letters are recommended. To apply, students should email a letter in PDF form to the Trustees of the Horological Society of New York that includes a biography, explanation of their motivation to study watchmaking and an explanation of how this scholarship would benefit the applicant. Prospective students may also apply, with the understanding that the scholarship is contingent on their enrollment at a full-time watchmaking school. is eligible for the Grace Fryer Scholarship. Fryer spent years fighting for the Radium Girls and their case would go on to gain national media attention and establish legal precedents, having tremendous labor rights impacts and ushering scientific advances.Īny woman who has been accepted or is currently studying at a full-time watchmaking school in the U.S. The Radium Girls suffered horrific side effects from radium poisoning and many lost their lives.įryer (1899 - 1933), a dial painter in New Jersey who was poisoned by the element, spearheaded a long, arduous fight against their employer to acknowledge the deadly repercussions of using radium and demanded compensation for the women who often unknowingly fell prey. ![]() To encourage precision, these women were instructed to point the radium-lined brushes using their lips. The Grace Fryer Scholarship is dedicated to the Radium Girls - the women of the 1920s who worked as dial painters in Illinois and New Jersey and succumbed to the often deadly side effects of working with radium, a material that was then instrumental in making watch dials glow.
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